Shouldn't hurt very much if at all. If it's really at the very edge of the
lens, chances are any effect will fall outside the focal aperture, where the
image is created.
I don't have one in stock but I'm putting them on our "wanted" list -- that's a
popular lens, it won't hurt to have a replacement front element just in case,
if we can find them.
"Curtis P. Hedman" wrote:
> I picked up a 100mm f/2.8 E.Zuiko at a cheap price, because it has a pretty
> good sized chip out of the edge of the front element... a test roll has
> shown the lens to produce good images at all apertures, and I wanted the
> lens as sort of a bang-around lens to go with a "user" OM-2n, perhaps to
> keep in my Jeep for the occasional unplanned photo opportunity. My question
> is, what sort of image degradation should I expect due to the damaged front
> element? Flare? Less contrast? loss of sharpness? Other than the chip, the
> lens seems to be in good shape, with only a little internal dust.
>
> Thoughts and comments are welcomed!
>
> Curt
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